The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (PS2)

Great and awesome game, that is very exciting and thrilling when I first play it. However after a while the game starts following a very similar pattern and then I reach a level wherein get stuck on and it's no longer fun, quickly becoming very frustrating instead. Throughout my play of Return of the King I found the above statements to be an extremely accurate description, being thrilling at first, then becoming annoying when I get stuck or highly repeated after extended amounts of play. Other bad points I noted : - At the end of the day there's only 14 levels. Not a lot of replay value - A.I. is a bit poor - Checkpoints not very ...  Read the complete review

I am a massive fan of the whole The Lord of the Rings franchise, this may make me a little biased when it comes to the Lord of the Rings merchandise and games, however if you have played this im sure you will agree it is simply brilliant! I admit i was a little aprehensive when EA started releasing games based on the movies as this has gone so badly wrong in the past, though i soon relalised my aprehension was unfounded. The game follows the same path the remaining fellowship members take during the movie version of The Return of the King, you begin as Gandalf at the Battle of Helms Deep and it progresses from there immediately throwing you straight into the ...  Read the complete review